We FINALLY unveiled our first mid-market 4K projector solutions, and the reaction was all-encompassingly, supremely, downright transcendently positive. So many of our integration partners came through the huge 50’ x 50’ exhibit that it felt overwhelming at times. And we couldn’t have asked for anything more.

And yet, there was more. Robert Archer of CE Pro gave the E-Vision 4K Laser an ‘Editor’s Choice’ award. John Sciacca of Residential Systems called out both the E-Vision 4K and the INSIGHT 4K demos in his ‘Top 10 CEDIA 2016 Standouts,’ and Tom Norton of Sound & Vision called the JBL demo, featuring the INSIGHT 4K LASER, ‘One of CEDIA’s Best’ here.

What could be better than massive amounts of friends and partners in your exhibit and great press? How about great partners across the show floor displaying DPI projectors, and/or helping us look our best in our own space. Special thanks to our show partners:

In the most recent update made by PMA Research, the industry analyst firm that specializes in market data for the Display industry, the PMA team took a positive step in demystifying all the 'What is 4K' confusion. Read on and share with your Reps/partners that would appreciate the update.

1) PMA Data now has three distinct classes for 4K:
A. “4K support” – 4 million pixels on screen
- Examples include Epson, JVC (excepting their 4K native displays) and other shifted solutions
- NOTE: shifted Epson and JVC products support 4K signal input but only display 4 million pixels on the screen
B. “4K UHD” – 8 million or more pixels on screen
- Examples include DLP’s new TRP products like the E-Vision 4K Laser as well as our HIGHlite 4K Laser
C. “4K native” – 8 million or more pixels on screen
- Examples include projectors w/ 4096x2160, 4096x2400 resolution, such as our INSIGHT projectors

Why is this important?
This distinguishes DPI’s 8.3 million pixel on screen solutions from ‘shifted’ 4K displays, recognizing the new E-Vision 4K UHD and HIGHlite 4K UHD in a higher performance category.

2) Also - from the CTA (CEA tech board), the 4K UHD definition requires a display to produce over 8 million pixels, 16:9 aspect ratio, and at least 3840 by 2160 horizontal and vertical pixels. The TI DLP 4K UHD solution meets these requirements.

Why is this important?
4K UHD is a legitimate classification, with legitimate performance metrics. There are sources in the marketplace that want you to believe that only X resolution matters. But what truly produces a beautiful image? Use brightness, color and contrast as your primary guides, as has always been the case. Trust your eyes. You are installation professionals. Look at the image experience to be had with all the different options you have. And rejoice in the fact that you now have differentiated 4K options from a variety of vendors. Diversity is the key to survival, and CEDIA 2016 was a great introduction to the new state of elite home entertainment.

Some alternative ‘4K’ technologies only display 4 megapixels on the wall, because they are really 1080p (2 million pixels) x2. This can lead to a perceived lack of detail with only half of the pixels in the 4K content displayed on the screen.

Some alternative ‘4K’ technologies rely on aligning 3 separate imagers on 4K size pixels – a challenging feat. 1080p pixels are larger, but in 4K, the pixels are extremely small and very difficult to properly align. This leads to inaccuracies in detail, as shootouts demonstrate.

DLP technology’s microsecond switching speed reduces motion blur while delivering full resolution. Other technologies switch on the order of milliseconds.

Why is this important?
Only the TI 4K UHD technology combines the full required 8 million+ pixels on the screen with perfectly mechanically aligned pixels

1) In the busiest theater in the exhibit we featured both the 3-chip DLP, 12,000 lumen HIGHlite Laser and 1-chip DLP, 8,000 lumen E-Vision Laser 4K projectors. Both on Stewart Filmscreen screens, and both displayed content via the Kaleidescape Strato 4K player: